Eco Oro Minerals Announces Filing of Mongora Initial Resource Estimate Technical Report


VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - April 19, 2012) - Eco Oro Minerals Corp. (the "Company" or "Eco Oro") (TSX:EOM) is pleased to announce that a National Instrument 43-101 technical report dated April 18, 2012 entitled "Resource Estimation of the Móngora Gold-Silver Deposit, Santander Department, Colombia" completed by Golder Associates S.A. has been filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) and is also available on the Company's website at www.eco-oro.com.

About Eco Oro Minerals Corp.

Eco Oro Minerals Corp. is a precious metals exploration and development company currently working its wholly owned, multi-million ounce Angostura gold-silver deposit in northeastern Colombia. Eco Oro is committed to developing the project in an economically viable and socially responsible manner.

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Contact Information:

Eco Oro Minerals Corp.
Anna Stylianides
Co-Chairman, Interim President & CEO
+1 604 682 8212
anna@eco-oro.com

Eco Oro Minerals Corp.
Juan Esteban Orduz
Co-Chairman
+1 604 682 8212
www.eco-oro.com